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Regarding the Run For Your Lives Zombie 5K obstacle run held about 80 miles east of Atlanta, I’ve got some good news and some bad news.

First the good news. The runners, those that survived as well as those who were dinner, seemed to have an overwhelmingly good time at the event. I’ll provide some feedback from participants a bit later in the post, but overall the event ran smoothly.

Now, the bad news. I wasn’t able to run in the event. This was a combination of some serious pain in my left calf (most likely caused from improper preparation and training on my part) and a horrible head cold. Given that I’m not a runner, I have to take partial blame for not giving myself enough time to adequately prepare for this 5k, but next year… oh, yeah… I plan on being ready for it.

On March 3rd, Atlanta-area runners will gather for the Run For Your Lives Zombie 5K. If you’re interested in participating, the event has extended the deadline to register until Friday, February 17 at 11:59pm EDT. They’ve also announced that actor IronE Singleton from The Walking Dead will be on hand to sign autographs and participate in the awards ceremony. IronE is an Atlanta native, and he plays T-Dog on the show.

I’m signed up to run in the 11am wave so if you want to join Team Geek Dad, sign up with that team name and close the 11am run time. I’ll also be shooting some video of the event to include in a follow-up post, so I’m hoping to include some great photos and videos of the runners who choose to dress up as well as the zombie horde.

Last week I posted about my upcoming participation in the Run For Your Lives 5k obstacle course on March 3rd just outside Atlanta. I’m hoping that all Atlanta-area GeekDad.com readers who are intending to run will sign up and join my team — I’ve selected the 11am Wave and the group name is “Team Geek Dad.” If you want to join, choose that 11am run time when you register and we’ll get a group picture made to post on the follow-up blog post.

If anyone has some ideas for how we might want to dress up for the event, please share it here. In addition to a possible Geek Dad theme for our team, I’ll also be carrying along two pieces of tech: a Looxcie camera that attaches to my cap (versus wearing the over-the-ear version that will obviously get damaged and lost) and a BodyMedia personal health stat monitoring device that will allow me to monitor my stats on a bluetooth phone. (Probably a bad idea to carry my phone, but then again, so is running a 5k on a cold March morning with zombies chasing me…)

Okay, so now for the winners of the two free tickets to run, selected at random from those commenters who added “I want to run with Team Geek Dad” in their comment:

First Winner: Joe Brown

Second Winner: Ashley Stewart

Winners can contact me by email. I’ll put you in touch with my contact at the RFYL event to get scheduled. Everyone else who will be participating, please also email me if you plan on running the 11am wave and we can coordinate a rendezvous point and discuss tactics for surviving.

More details about the Run For Your Lives events can be found on the RFYL website.

Forget your gun, your sword, your axe, and even your chainsaw. One on one, these are suitable weapons against a slow or fast zombie, but when you’ve got dozens, maybe even hundreds of zombies coming your way, you better run! Pause to fire off a round or take a swing at the nearest zombie and the rest are that much closer to making a meal out of you.

Nope, when you’re outnumbered, the only thing you can do is run for your life. And when you’ve got hundreds more survivors surrounding you, all trying to evade the horde and make it to safety? Well, that’s when you know you’re at the Run for Your Lives 5K Obstacle Course Run.